How to make a cultured butter to support gut health.
I started making my own butter because I absolutely love real buttermilk. As I began to understand the role of probiotics in supporting the gut I started to inoculate my butter, with lactic acid bacteria. There is allot of research to show how certain strains of lactic acid bacteria can be beneficial to the gut. This really appeals to me...the idea of creating a butter that is going to support the gut as part of our 7 course principles really elevates the nourishment to the gut for the humblest of foods, but what is really important to understand is that you would need strain specific evidence to really be able apply the research on specific health benefits:
This is a guide to which bacteria to look out for to inoculate your butter with strain specific bacteria.
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